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31: 295:, s is the relative particle density, d is an effective particle diameter which is entrained by the flow, and g is gravity. Meyer-Peter-Müller formula for the bed load capacity under equilibrium and uniform flow conditions states that the magnitude of the bed load flux 112:
described by Parker and Klingeman (1982), wherein larger particles protrude from the bed whereas small particles are shielded and hidden by larger particles, with the result that nearly all grain sizes become entrained at nearly the same shear stress.
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Experimental observations suggest that a uniform free-surface flow over a cohesion-less plane bed is unable to entrain sediments below a critical value
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required to entrain a grain is linearly proportional to the diameter of the grain. However, the degree of size selectivity is restricted by the
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which results from the stones colliding with each other and against the river channel, thus removing the rough texture (
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Ashworth, Philip J.; Ferguson, Robert I. (1989). "Size-selective entrainment of bed load in gravel bed streams".
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of sediments also plays a role in relation to downstream fining: smaller-than average particles are more easily
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Generally, bed load downstream will be smaller and more rounded than bed load upstream (a process known as
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for unit width is proportional to the excess of shear stress with respect to a critical one
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describes particles in a flowing fluid (usually water) that are transported along the
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Parker, Gary; Klingeman, Peter C. (2010). "On why gravel bed streams are paved".
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Particles in a flowing fluid that are transported along the bed
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(1948). 25: 146:of the ratio between measures of 1345:Flooded grasslands and savannas 557:Formulas for bed-load transport 62:. Bed load is complementary to 422: 393: 238: 226: 1: 383:of the excess Shields stress 1511:Universal Soil Loss Equation 1461:Hydrological transport model 1355:Storm Water Management Model 84:). This is due in part to 2017: 1875:Coastal sediment transport 1015:Antecedent drainage stream 345:{\displaystyle \tau _{*c}} 185:. 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Index

Bedload

thalweg
Campbell Creek
Alaska
stream bed
suspended load
wash load
saltating
downstream fining
attrition
abrasion
rounding
selective transport
entrained
shear stress
hydrodynamic
gravitational
Shields
friction velocity
monotonically increasing nonlinear function
doi
10.1029/WR018i005p01409
Bibcode
1989WRR....25..627A
doi
10.1029/WR025i004p00627
"Equal mobility of gravel in streams: The remains of the day"
Bibcode
2002WRR....38.1264P

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